investigation into ron desantis s stunt. somebody saw fit to come from another state, let them down, prey upon them and then take advantage of their desperate situation just for the sake of political theater. plus lindsey graham doubles down on a losing political issue, and the state of play with a bit terms with my guest bernie sanders, when all in starts right now. good evening from new york, i am chris hayes. donald trump s lawyers were in court today for the first hearing before the newly appointed special master, who is tasked with reviewing the classified documents. the fbi seized from trump s home in florida. in the courtroom, his lawyers were essentially tasked with defending the indefensible. the ex president claimed that he had a right to keep the roughly 11,000 documents from mar-a-lago, and that he has privilege that confers ownership on him with respect to the 300 documents found with classified markings. that position that is lawyers argue today does not mak
plus lindsey graham doubles down on the losing political issue, in a state of the midterms and i guess, bernie sanders. when all in starts right now. good evening from new york, i m chris, is donald trump s lawyers were in court today for their first hearing before the newly appointed special master who is tasked with reviewing the classified documents, the fbi seized from trump s retirement home in florida. in that courtroom, his lawyers were essentially tasked with defending the indefensible. the ex president claimed that he had a right to keep the roughly 11,000 documents removed from mar-a-lago, and that he has some privilege that confers ownership on him with respect to that 300 documents pounds with classified markings. that position that his lawyers argue today does not make any sense. someone pointed out it all boils down to donald trump s belief that he is still, as of today, here in 2022, president of the united states. but the still has the powers of the ex
was no longer president that mr. trump could face legal liability if he did not return government materials he had taken with him when he left office. the lawyer, eric herschmann, sought to impress upon mr. trump the seriousness of the issue and the potential for investigations and legal exposure if he did not return the documents, particularly any classified material. and generally, not long after the discussion with mr. bush and. mr. trump turned over, to the national archives, 15 boxes of material. he had taken with him from the white house. those boxes turned out to contain 184 classified documents the justice department has said until now. we know the name of one witness, possibly the most important witness. federal prosecutors will call to testify in their grand jury investigation of donald trump s possession of those documents. eric herschmann. eric herschmann will obviously comply with a grand jury subpoenaed to testify in that case. and tell the grand jury, whatever